Getting packages into Debian BoF

Debexpo, sponsorship-requests, debian-mentors, ITPs, and more

The past year has seen a lot of changes to how we handle the newest package maintainers in Debian. We have new software at mentors.debian.net, and a new process for handling sponsorship requests. This talk will begin by summarizing the current state of things, and then open up to a BoF where attendees can discuss the current state and what changes ought to be made.

The past year has seen a lot of changes to how we handle the newest package maintainers in Debian. We not only have new software at mentors.debian.net, and a new process for handling sponsorship requests but also several lengthy discussions on which packages belong into Debian and what the implications of sponsored maintainer and DMs are. This talk will begin by summarizing the current state of things (15 minutes), and then open up to a BoF where attendees can discuss the current state and what changes ought to be made.